Transformation of phase transitions driven by an anisotropic random field

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Popa Nita, V ^a   Kralj, Samo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC FIELDS; RANDOM FIELDS; SPERONEMATIC PHASES; TRANSITION LINES;

ANISOTROPY; FREE ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYNOMIALS; POROUS MATERIALS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 37649027920     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.042701     Document Type: Article

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